Orkut is attacked by Scraps titled Bom Sabado!. It is a Bug/Virus/Worm and affecting many Orkut user profiles. The word “Bom Sobado” means “Good Saturday” in Portuguese, the official language of Brazil, one of the last remaining Orkut bastions in the world. The worm/virus seems to be posting sending scraps with the text “Bom Sabado” and also adding affected users to new Orkut groups or Communities. Such XSS attacks have targeted Orkut in the past as well.

Experts have advised that users should ignore logging on to Orkut till Orkut engineers fix the hole and also they should not click on any suspicious links. Orkut had just last month announced new updates to the website. This is the second major XSS attack with in a week. Earlier this week, the popular microblogging website Twitter was also at the receiving end of XSS exploit. The attack, which emerged and was shut down within hours Tuesday morning, involved a XSS flaw that allowed users to run JavaScript programs on other computers.

Below are the tips to protect your orkut account from this Bom Sabado virus-

1. DONOT visit any profile on Orkut till this XSS script is blocked ( More preciously DO NOT use Orkut till this is blocked, as you can get affected by Flash scraps posted on your Scrap Book too! )